102/4: "Notes from HQ: Into the Heart of MALATRA The Living Jungle" (Jean Rabe): The creation of the LIVING JUNGLE campaign.102/5: "MALATRA The Living Jungle: A Brave New World for Network Members" (RPGA staff): Overview of the MALATRA campaign.102/8: "Tribes of the Nubari" (RPGA staff): Human tribes of the MALATRA campaign.102/13: "Heroes of Malatra: Creating Player Characters for the Living Jungle" (RPGA staff): Rules for LIVING JUNGLE characters used in RPGA Network tournaments. Includes two‑page "Hero Sheet" for PCs on pages 15 and 18, and two‑page map of Malatra on pages 16‑17 (section can be pulled out).102/20: "MALATRA MONSTROUS COMPENDIUM(R) Sheets" (RPGA staff): PC races for MALATRA campaign: katanga, korobokuru, saru, shu, and tam'hi.102/26: "Architects of Adventure: Writing Guidelines for the Living Jungle" (RPGA staff): Rules for tournament‑creation for the MALATRA campaign.103/30: "The Living Jungle: Sticks and Stones" (RPGA staff): The rock and stick and weapons.104/5: "Letters: Jean and the Jungle" (several readers): Questions about the MALATRA campaign.105/5: "Letters: Old Business and New" (several readers): Questions about the MALATRA campaign (pages 5‑6) and lycanthropy in the FORGOTTEN REALMS setting.108/13: "LIVING JUNGLE Q&A: Errata for Malatran Heroes" (RPGA staff): Detailed errata, including height, age, and weight tables for PC races.108/15: "Jungle Lore: New Proficiencies for LIVING JUNGLE Heroes" (Kevin Melka): More skills for MALATRA campaign PCs.108/28: "Weeds of Wonder: Useful Plants of Malatra" (Greg Ferris): Useful plants.113/5: "Jungle Tales: Servant of Fire Mountain" (Tom Prusa): Humorous tale from the saru.113/6: "Raft Dwellers: The Zantira Tribe: A 1995 Decathlon Winner" (Sherrie Miller and John Richardson): Official new tribe for Malatra; contest winner.113/8: "The Hungry Spirit of Fire Mountain" (Ed Gibson): "Ruins of the Ancients" contest winner for Malatra.114/21: "Jungle Tales" (Dr. M. Hilzenbauer): "The World Rests on the Back of a Toad" and "Why the Shu Must Not Kill Each Other."114/26: "On Your Mark...: The 1996 Network Decathlon" (RPGA staff): Contest involving writing materials for the LIVING CITY and LIVING JUNGLE settings.

McDeath wrote:While the articles are nice I would love to hear from some peoples experience at the cons or making an adventure from the materials.

This is the ultimate campaign in low magic and treasure which might not be to everyone's tastes, but you may notice some bizarre changes in you players. Running through some of the scenarios freely given on Jungle Tales, you'll players will suddenly become excited the day they find a +1 sword (which they won't likely find in Malatra). It's a welcome break from the power creep of many other Realmsian campaigns.

Also, it's a truly unique setting with tons of mystery, new races and the capability to stay pure without the rest of the Realms polluting the setting. In this manner, Malatra can be plopped almost on any world. It reminds me of Jakandor in that way.

Sorry for the double post but I couldn't pass this up. I found a map by Mark Taylor (from Candlekeep) of Malatra that seems to include many of the updates from the various adventures, a little bit of homebrew, and throw in the India-based land known as Mahasarpa. This is my new Realms...

Cthulhudrew wrote:Nice! Thanks for that, Seethyr. I saw the Malatra map earlier on that guy's Deviantart site, but I totally missed the Mahasarpa inclusion!

You're welcome!

I think it was a great idea to put an Indian setting in the Realms since we have pretty much at least one of every other! I love Mahasarpa too, even though I was disappointed that 3e's OA wasn't Kara-Tur.

I realize this is a major necro, but there are more Polyhedron articles than what's on the list in the original post:

121/3: "The Living Jungle Just Got Livelier" (Tom Prush): New races, including aarakocra, butu, lizardmen, ostrich katanga, and plantmen.121/10: "Jungle Tales" (?): A legend of the Living Jungle121/11: "New Character Races" (?): MC sheets for the races from "Just Got Livelier"121/16: "Updated Malatra Map" (?): A new map of Malatra121/18: "Living Jungle Character Generation" (?): How to create characters of all races, both original and introduced in issue 121129/17: "Jungle Tales" (Stephen H. Jay): The Simbara Legend of the Ancient Enemy129/30: "Agriculture, Invention, and Society in Malatra" (Stephen H. Jay): A guide to items and materials available to different Malatran cultures129/32: "Lacerials" (Tom Prusa and Steve Jay): Bipedal dinosaur PCs for Malatra129/35: "Oscray" (Tom Prusa): Orc-like demihumans for Malatra129/36: "Impala Katanga" (David "Pasha" Morrow): A new katanga shape for Malatra129/37: "Hedgehog Katanga" (Gary S. Watkins): A new katanga shape for Malatra

I think 129 was the last issue with Maltran topics, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

Good Catch! I never even bothered to check to see if Rip's list was complete. I'll have to check the other issues of Poly to see if there are any more. I suppose Living Jungle games at Conventions doesn't count....

Malatra, see: LIVING JUNGLEMalatra: The Living Jungle by RPGA HQ..........102Malatra: The Living Jungle Hero Sheet by RPGA HQ..........102Malatra: The Living Jungle Hero Sheet by RPGA HQ (updated)..........121Malatran Plateau, The by David O'Brien (map)..........102Malatran Plateau, The (updated map)..........121